Diverse 19th Century News Snippets From Brooklyn to Dublin
A varied collection notes Darwinian wills, Chicago liquor counts, Georgia lectures, Charleston schools, Napa vineyards, and California crop outlooks. It reports on public figures like Schuyler Colfax, John Bright, and Roscoe Conkling, plus obituaries, theater plans, and global curiosities from Egypt to Europe, with scattered local facts and speculative forecasts.
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Chicago
Darwin
Schuyler Colfax
John B. Gough
Georgia
Dhia
Charleston
D. C
Macon
Brooklyn
Ong Island
Germany
Rainer F. Criado
New York
Glars Morris
Mary Anderson
Fanny Davenport
England
Iria
Washington
David Dayin
Maryland
James Giriaod
Corporation Court
Lynchburg
Emomon
Concord
Mass
Spaaker Randall
Curtin
Psoneyvadia
Kirkwood
Towa
Sill
Egypt
Napa Valley
California
Acre
Indy
United States
Spain
Europe
Lincoln County
West Virginia
Garibaldi and his faithful wife Anita in war and exile
The article recounts Garibaldi's early South American campaigns and his wife Anita's steadfast support. It details a perilous shipwreck, lengthy marches through Brazilian forests, her disguising as a Brazilian soldier to escape captivity, childbirth during war, a perilous 60 mile ride with infant, shared dangers in Rome, and her death in 1849 prompting Garibaldi’s grief and a lasting memory.
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George C.noyen
Garibaldi
Pope XIII
Autin
Fragleas
Uruguay
Brazil
Canigarro
Binaclf
Bia Way
St. Catherine
Barta
Acita
Anstalgvna
Boreshack
Monotti
Anita
St. Simon
Anton
Lati
Horaeback
Trian
Varese
Como
Sicily
Tobacco Worms Threaten Tobacco Crop and Control Methods
A tobacco planter describes the tobacco worm or hot worm threat to tobacco plants. The dusky winged miller moth deposits eggs on leaves in June, producing ravenous larvae for about five weeks, then pupates. After two generations, August worms rise. control favors evening spraying with cobalt mixture on Jimson flowers and coordinated district efforts to scan fields every three days.
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Lawk
Jimson
Jamestown
Cook
Bullein
Light on Railroad Trains
A New York Sun letter urges trunk railroads to install free reading lamps on some through coaches to help passengers pass long evenings with light. The author argues railroads should provide readable books and papers, noting passengers can supply their own if needed but cannot easily carry a lamp for safe lighting.
Havana tobacco plants set out for best yield and leaf quality
The Havana tobacco plants should be set 25 to 30 inches apart in rows nine feet apart, about eighteen feet between rows, enabling eight to ten thousand plants per acre. Plant spacing varies with ground strength, as denser planting yields finer leaves and lighter planting suits strong soil for heavier crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Connecticut
The Well That Never Dries Up At Woldi Village
A village along the Woldi coast relies on a single water source where every household fetches water. The narrator recalls a well that never dries, supplying clear, abundant water to all, animals and people alike, seen through a tale linking it to spiritual renewal like the Gospel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woldi
Bess
Ileither
Tariff reform and wealth taxation proposal voiced
The Register argues for raising public funds via direct taxes on whisky and tobacco, reinstating income tax, and taxing luxury wealth. It calls for limiting subsidies to corporations, lowering taxes on essentials, and shifting tax burden to the wealthy while easing farmer and laborer taxes. It urges Congress to favor legitimate industry and curb bankers and politicians. The Sherman family prepares for a summer cottage stay in Oakland, Missouri, with a family reunion planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register
Vanderbilte
Goulds
Sager
Dillons
Blairs
Tidens
Blaines
Dow
Congress
Sherman
Oakland
Rupate
Mira
Fitch
Feutenant
Afra
Thackars
Bliss Thackars
Mins Lizzie Sherman
Bisa Rachel Sherman
Tom Sherman
Also Mentioned on This Page
New York City
Berlin
Presenta
Rome
Shrewsbury
Mundy
Arthur
Roscoe Conkling
Minnesota
Mire
W. S. Florence
Indie
Graniles
K. G. Ingersoll
Colorado
Eene
Michael Davitt
Trish Patriot
Orator
Engliah
Milo
Luce Hathschild
M. Leon Lambert
Paris
M. Leon
J. NM. Worrall
Eighth Presbyterian Church of
Thirteenth Presbyterian Church
Mr. Hicke
Aasnaain Gnitesu
Florida
Grant
Jaso
Wit
South Atlantic
Alas Pama
Dennison
Odin
Columbus
Roy, Levi & Wead
New York Avenue
George Wilson
New York Chamber of Commerce
Dalmonico
S. Whey
Nogh Orr
Lilliputian Opera Company
Marysvillee
Charles Antobeos
Fort Raymond
Col
John C. Fremont
Kit Careen
Johny Stoddard
Denmark
Evope
Thomas Batley Aldrich
Philips Brooks
W. T. Blodgett
Miss Blodgett
Lawrence Barrett
Austin Mint
John Hall
Osporn
A. Sartoria
John J. Townsend
Mica Jessie Green
New Orleans
Ienac Feitel
Irving
Lyceum Company
América
London
Abbey
Lycee
America
Garibaldi's
Italy
France
Smandrion
Res
Nenoa
Atazea
Aviles
Southurala
Aus
Tobano Miller
New York Sun
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